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Art therapy with young survivors of sexual abuse : lost for words / edited by Jenny Murphy.

Publisher: East Sussex : Brunner-Routledge, 2001Description: xvi, 204 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0415205700.Other title: Lost for words.Subject(s): Art therapy for children | Child psychotherapy | Sexually abused children -- Mental health | Sexually abused children -- RehabilitationDDC classification: 618.9285836
Contents:
List of illustrations. - Notes on contributors. - Foreward. - Introduction. - Pt. I. The Therapeutic relationship in context. 1. Containing the bad object: Observations and thoughts on the generation of bad feelings between people in anorganisation, a professional network, a therapist, and a child attending individual art therapy. 2. Male therapist countertransference and the importance of the family context. 3. Nobady hears: How assessment using art as well as play therapy can help children disclose past and present sexual abuse. - Pt. II. Working with individuals. 4. Using the reflective image within the mother-child relationship. 5. Into the body: Sand and water in art therapy with sexually abused children. 6. Why can't she control herself? A case study. 7. Tell me your story so far: A development approach to art therapy. - Pt. III. Experiences with groups. 8. Jumping over it: Group therapy with young girls. 9. Is it safe to keep a secret? A sibling group in art therapy. 10. Between images and thoughts: An art psychotherapy group for sexually abused adolescent girls. - Index.
Summary: ...The authors point out that engaging in art therapy may give an opporrtunity to open a window onto the child's world and their experience of internal damage, and enable them to form a relationship with someone who will be able to cope with their communication, however painful and messy, without retaliation. The book began its existence as a result of Jenny Murphy's research in 1998 and provides a valuable source for others working with abused children. - Foreword.
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List of illustrations. - Notes on contributors. - Foreward. - Introduction. - Pt. I. The Therapeutic relationship in context. 1. Containing the bad object: Observations and thoughts on the generation of bad feelings between people in anorganisation, a professional network, a therapist, and a child attending individual art therapy. 2. Male therapist countertransference and the importance of the family context. 3. Nobady hears: How assessment using art as well as play therapy can help children disclose past and present sexual abuse. - Pt. II. Working with individuals. 4. Using the reflective image within the mother-child relationship. 5. Into the body: Sand and water in art therapy with sexually abused children. 6. Why can't she control herself? A case study. 7. Tell me your story so far: A development approach to art therapy. - Pt. III. Experiences with groups. 8. Jumping over it: Group therapy with young girls. 9. Is it safe to keep a secret? A sibling group in art therapy. 10. Between images and thoughts: An art psychotherapy group for sexually abused adolescent girls. - Index.

...The authors point out that engaging in art therapy may give an opporrtunity to open a window onto the child's world and their experience of internal damage, and enable them to form a relationship with someone who will be able to cope with their communication, however painful and messy, without retaliation. The book began its existence as a result of Jenny Murphy's research in 1998 and provides a valuable source for others working with abused children. - Foreword.